Title :
Phase stable RF-over-fiber transmission using heterodyne interferometry
Author :
Wilcox, R.B. ; Byrd, J.M. ; Doolittle, L.R. ; Huang, G. ; Staples, J.W.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Berkeley Nat. Lab., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate stable transmission of 3GHz over 300m of fiber with less than 0.017 degree (17fs) RMS phase error. An interferometer measures optical phase delay, providing information to a feed-forward correction of RF phase.
Keywords :
interferometry; radio-over-fibre; frequency 3 GHz; heterodyne interferometry; optical phase delay; phase stable RF-over-fiber transmission; Delay; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Photodiodes; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
